ME389: Automotive Transmissions

Faculty: Adarsha Hiriyannaiah

Class
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Chapter Title

Topics to be covered

% of portion covered
% of
portion
covered

1 -10

Overview of
Vehicle
Transmission
System
T1-41-56
T2-97-130

11-20

Clutch
T2-38-96

21-30

Gearbox
T2-97-130

31-40

Hydrodynamic
clutches and
Torque converters
T1-261-274

41-46

Design of
Transmission
elements

46-52

Drive axle and

differentials
T3-239-269

Cumulative
%

Need for transmission system, tractive effort and 19

resistances to motion of vehicle, Requirements
of transmission system, Classification of
transmission systems Basic elements, Main and
Auxiliary functions, Performance features of
Vehicle Transmissions, Transmission Design
trends.

19

Principle of operation, constructional details,

requirements of clutch, Different types of clutch,
Dry and wet type of clutches, clutch operation,
clutch components, clutch adjustment, clutch
trouble shooting, Speed converter for moving
off, Total ratio and overall gear ratio

19

38

19

57

Determination of gear ratios for vehicles,

performance characteristics in different speeds,
Different types of gear boxes, - sliding constant
and synchronous type, Selector mechanism ,
lubrication of gear box, transfer box, gear box
trouble shooting, comparative transmission data,
numerical problems.
Principles, Characteristic curves of
19
Hydrodynamic Clutches and Torque Converters,
Trilok Converter, Torque Converter test diagram,
Interaction of engine and Trilok Converter,
Design principles for increasing efficiency.
Numerical problems
Design of slip joint, universal joint, dead & live
12
axle, constant velocity
joints, Bearing
Design, Selection of ball and roller bearing, Gear
box housing design.
Introduction, the final drive, differentials,
12
automatic locking differentials, viscous coupled
limited slip units, differential eliminators, drive
pinion types, rear axle design, lubrication. .

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88

100

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Automotive Transmissions: Fundamentals, Selection, Design and
Application, Gisbert Lechner, Harald Naunheimer, Springer-Verlag Berlin
Heidelberg, New York, ISBN 3-540-65903.
2. Automobile Engineering, Vol 1 ,Dr Kirplal Singh
3. Manual Drive trains and axles,John FKershaw

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1.

Integrated Power trains and Their Control, Nick Vaughan, Cromwell

Press, UK, CIMechE, ISBN 1 86058 334 2

2.

Automotive Chassis Design & Calculation, P. Lukin, G. Gasparyarts,

V. Rodionov, MIR Publishing, Moskow.